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THE FKEMH BRQAB HUSTLER
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HENDERSONVILLE, i
T H U R SO A Y DECEMBER, 23, 1 0 9
VOL. XVIII, No. 51
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The Postal Telegraph Company
To Open Office Here Feb. 1 st.
Will have Direct Connection
with Principal Relay Points.
IS ONLY BARRIER BEHVEEN PUBLIC AND MOHOPLY
OF WIRE TRANSMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES
The Postal Telegraph Company
will open an office . in Hender
son ville, on or about February
1st next.
Mr. G.W. Ribble of Richmond,
Superintendent of the Company,
was in town Tuesday. , Mr. Rib
ble has leased part of The 'Hust
ler building for the JConipany-jr
office and has made -other e'jblimery' fjxpSApfj
sary arrangements. -:.
To a Hustler repor$errMr. Ribble
said: ' , "1 !
"The Postal Telegraph-Cable
Company will open an office in
Hendersonville about February
1st. This office. will work with
the new Postal trunk line which
is connected with the North and
South lines at Spartanburg and
Knoxville, giving a "new cross
country outlet. This office will
have- direct connection with the
principal relay points arid an ex
ceptionally fast service is prom
ised. "Since the recent consolida
tion of the Western Union and
Bell Telephone' Company, the
Postal is the ; only barrier be
tween the public and a nibnoply
of wire transmission in the
United States. V
"It is hoped that the business
interests of Hendersonville will
give liberal support to this , com
pany and new enterprise.
"The Postal Telegraph Com
pany reaches, through their own
lines and connections, about
25, 000 points in the United
States and Canada, and with the
Commercial Cable System, of
which it is a part, encircles more
than two-thirds of the slobe, thel
opposite termini; Paris, France,
and Shanghi Chma,., making? it
the largest combination of tele
graph and cable interests in the
world.
"The Postal reaches all impor
tant points in the United States
and Canada, and through its
cable connections every telegraph
office in the old world, in South
America and in the West Indies. ' '
Mr. Ribble, for. his company,
has leased one-half of the front
y nas leasea one-nan oi tne ironti
office oi rne iiustier. extensive way and his scores of friends
alterations will be made in thelhere are extremely anxious to
front of the building, a separate .
eutrance will be provided to the
telegraph office, etc.
Mr. Ribble, a most clever
gentleman, expressed himself as
being well pleased with Hender
sonville and promises himself
the pleasure of a longer visit
here in the not distant future,
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Hadiineiy Arriving
vi For New factory
Equipment for the new.$10,000
wood working factory here vis
arriving The u Star Dryv- CQ.
have" unloaded a carload ; of fear.
The company will begin turning
put its products, solid Shored
porch columns, about March firstl
The pay-roll of this company will
be about $3000 per month and the
factory will afford a home market
for much Henderson county tim
ber. Dr. Cook Is
Dr. Cook, the missing discov
erer of the Nbrth Pole, has been
discovered!
He is in Hendersonville!
He has been engaged by The
Hustler, at an enormous expense,
to discover, why certain people
have not paid up their little sub
scription, amount due this office.
Home for Holidays
Among the Hen derson ville boys
home for the holidays are:
Louis Hesterly, Harlow Wal
drop and Will Smith, University
of North Carolina.
Walter Smith, Hundley Gover
and Joe Reed, University of Vir
ginia. ,
. Robert Sample, Davidson Col
lege. The boys are glad to get back
to town and the town's glad to
have them back.
CHARLIE HERiER
SERIOUSLY BURNED
A telegram received Wednes
day by J. T. Wilk ins, reads as
follows:
"Charlie Hefner seriously
burned. In hospital. See letter."
Charlie Hefner left here a few
weeks ago to take a position in a
Daytona, Fla., drug store. He
j3 a m0st excellent boy m every
iearn iust how seriously he may
be injured. He left Hunter's
Pharmacy to go to Florida.
LOSTScotch Collie Puppy,
five month old. Last seen on
Saturday afternoon on Main
Street Reward if returned
to E..G. Stillwell, City.
Discovered!
A Merry Christinas To You A
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Hon.
Good
Editor Hustler:
For years there has been a
steady growth of sentiment, in
many parts of the country' for
good roads, and while there; has
been but little public agitation in
Henderson County, it is well
known that a very healthy en
thusiasm has grown up for good
roads in the County. There has,
with this, grown a sentiment
that byrsome kind of magic the
Legislature caniniake a law that
ill; make- good -roadsV This is
foHy. It takes plans and labor
to make good roads, ho matter
what the law is. I wish to assert
most emphatically that no un
prejudiced mind, capable in in
vestigating and forming a cor-
3Tn J S ne by T careM
inn rrm t-n i ri n . . ihi in iitr i
7j: j ctnf fi,a
sent Henderson County road law
that it is all that is necessary to
produce good roads in an eco
nomical and thorough way, if
properly followed and carried
nnt It can not be claimed that
tn m v w -tb k u sr a . .
the law is perfect; no human law
can be made perfect; but
it is so nearly pertect tnat n
willproauce the desired results
if properly executed. Now, can
it be executed? I answer yes.
This answer is easy..
If the Justices-of-the-Peace in
the different townships will, - on
W. A: Smith and the
Roads
reading the law, have a meetTng,
take the time and bestow the
thought necessary to put at their
head the best men in their town
ships give him compensation
enough to pay for his time, then
r3ad the law to him, and hold
him to a strict accountability, we
will then have eight men well
chosen- Now then, what can
these eight wn do? Tiy studying-
the. law; and putting it m opera
tion; they wiH-C find : that ; the
assessments of labor and avail
able tax now at their disposal
will at once put in good repair
all the roads in the County and
with the taxes already levied for
that purpose, they can, as they
are requiied to do under the law,
.
P.u.rctiase
ma
the chinery and oegm at once
v
construction of permanent roads
leading out from Hendersonville
in every direction.
The good roads , sentiment and
the best thoughts of the best
minds in the nation have develop-
ed the fact that for Henderson
County a small amount of maca
dam is necessary. A very large
per cent of the roads, due to the
lay of the land and character of
the soil, should- not be macada-
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Problem !
mized, but sand clay roads. The
cost of sand clay roads, as they
can be built in Henderson Coun
ty, is not to be compared to the
cost of macadam, and where they
will answer, are preferable.
Therefore as sand and clay
abound in this County, r generally
convenient, our roads can be
built with . great economy, and
with inexpensive machinery.
This work . of making perma
nent roads has long been delayed.
Therefore,', we have -been i long
suffering. Why should we suffer
longer with ? every available
means at hand? . Why should
our magistrates, men selected,
or men who should be selected,
on account of their ability and
interest in the public good delay
this work? How many magis
trates in the County realize that
this work is pressing upon them,
and if not pressed by them, then
they are themselves indictable?
The law is plain arid mandatory;
i4- ton nnlr Vo ovonOf1 Tv7 tYtf
magistrates. I have no doubt
that they will proceed with their
workjif they do not, the people
should see that the law is enforced
If the law is thoroughly carried
out, in the briefest possible tim J
Henderson County will have the
finest roads in the; State. The
conformation of the ground lis
such and the material is such
that it is believed that Hender
son County can make good roads
with one-half the money that it
would cost any other county i
the State. Out land is either
smooth, or our hills and mountains
so large and the undulations so
gradual that easy grades can be
found, and easy grading obtained.
. What are we waiting for, is it
the law? No, we have the law.
Is it money? No, we have money
to start Is it good sense and
sound judgment? No, we have
it as fine as can be found any
where. Then what is in the way?
Just one thing; that is, that the
Justices-of-the-Peace should rea
lize their relation to this impor- ',
tant work and then go forth and
do it. Do we need good roads
conventions with people coming
to us from abroad to tell us that
we need good roads and then
teach us how to make them ? No,
we know we need good roads.
Don't tell us that We do not
need parties from abroad to tell
us how to make them. We have
ipt sense enough to know how
to'inake them. Then, I ask
again, "what do we need? We
need -local! sentiment; mr ey&ty
school district, ey:v.rQadt;.6''
trict and, every ownshinth2ti
will urge oujner.i-'itamF
and lieutenants to wage war a
bad roads - Every farmer
in the County-', has the r right to
demand of the people good. roaife- "
upon which he can market , Ins
produce. Every boarding, house
keeper in the County needs good
roads upon , which the visitors
can get to and from his house
with pleasure and delight. Every
man in the county needs good
roads, because nothing will ad
vance and enhance his interests
so much for the same outlay. '
If the people will give me the
assistance of one man, or the
assistance of many men who can
make a suggestion that will carry
out one idea, then I will take the
responsibility of guaranteeing
that in a few years Henderson
County will have the best- roads,
and as a consequence, be the
finest County in the State. That
one idea is this: How can we
arouse the people to a sense; Of
their interest so that the people
will arouse the authorities to a
sense of their duty in executing
the road law? I will make this
suggestion; if it is not good let
someone make a better one; my
suggestion is that we form a cen
tral good roads association at
once, by which subordinate asso
ciations will be formed in every
school district in the- Coun,
This can easily be done by get
ting the district' school eornrniffo .
men to call meeting arid starting
ball to rolling? It can hardlybi
thought possible that any men
who could be appointed, and
would agree to serve as school"
committeemen would not realize
that good roads and education go
hand in hand. If they are then
they . should be the men to get
behind this, the greatest.of pub
lic enterprises. .
I do not expect everybody to
agree with me as to my methods.
They may not be good, but I do
not expect any one to have any
respect for the man who will con
demn my methods, and have
none of his own.
that we are ready f Qr businegs
and with the hope that this sug-
gestion will have the benefit of
the best brains and best exertion
from our best people,
I am yours truly,
W. A. Smith.